relations between the two countries to relations between the united states and russia. international peace and progress as well as strategic stability according to the diplomat the meeting took place in a warm and constructive atmosphere commenting on the meeting the ambassador said that moscow is ready to take concrete steps to improve relations with washington and despite the ongoing diplomatic spat between the countries that saw us russia relations sink to one of the lowest points in history and said he believes the situation is mendable provided there is enough will to cast aside political differences and work together now this is all quite a positive shift from the rhetoric we've been hearing from both sides lately and it seems that improve relations between the two countries seems even more promising considering the new russian ambassador was actually a key member of the team that worked on the two thousand and ten new start bilateral nuclear arms reduction agreement. lack of dialogue and the possibility of a further escalation of tension would benefit neither rus

pakistan with whom the country's relations have often descended into. in fact hostility has been a defining characteristic of the relationship between india and pakistan for nearly seventy years now a period marked by several wars and endless military standoffs. and this mutual enemy is perhaps best illustrated by a ceremony that takes place at the border every evening both sides put on a grand show of aggression. by their countrymen. but even the spectacle underplays the very real threat but both nations bolster one another. india and pakistan continues to kill weapons today on. was going nuclear weapons program india nuclear weapons aspirations the right way with china looming large over these nations many but a new one no weapons race breaking out. we arrived on may twenty eighth. to the days since pakistan tested its bombs. for the mobile. world america. adding fuel to the fire of hostility between pakistan and india is this man a.q. khan the father of the pakistani bomb. he's a controversial figure accused of setting up a network sensitive informati

to make the right offer and we did we're glad the president to accept that for the good of the country we have a lot more to get done we hope we can work in the same bipartisan way the same way we did this morning messily committed to protecting dreamers and again we reiterated our desire that republican leaders in the house send said the leaders put the dream matchup on the floor is a bill passed by a significant margin is our belief. so let's do what and we also must provide further stability to the health care system to help keep costs down for millions in millions of americans working with lamar alexander we need to come up with long-term funding deals those ever hope to build the middle-class today was a good day in a very partisan town will work together for the good of the working families who need our help that will be our goal as a caucus. >> yesterday's today we will not forget it should be pulled from the united states 780,000 recipients they heard from president trump and he announced a change of policy leading to the deportation of dreamers. you can imagine the anxiety and

this is one of the least developed countries one of the poorest countries of the world and we. are facing quite. a serious situation of poverty throughout throughout the country and high unemployment. but. the contributing factors i think. in nature could be the constant almost a constant state of. political instability and political crises that. listen to has been witnessing since the independence might be the reason behind this or maybe because. many of these different approach acts were not custom made in order to fulfill the real needs of the country think you are right. some of the. development projects that have been sponsored by the donor community. have lacked sustainability because we have not been able to root them in the country all the local communities were not able to take ownership of those projects. very often over the ones a project you see a pattern where once a project and and one. pulls out their finances then the project collapses it is common knowledge that in order to have. growth in development you need an environment of political stability. regrettably.

it's about respect for the country and the people that have made great, great sacrifices for the country. >> let's talk about the nfl. nfl commissioner roger goodell calls the president's comments divisive. before the s.o.b. comments. the latest abc/"washington post" poll shows 66% feel he has done more to divide the country than unite it. do you see these kinds of statements uniting the country. we even have bob kraft this morning, the president's good friend, saying i am deeply disappointed by the tonef the comments made by the president on friday. i'm proud to be associated with so many players who make such tremendous contributions in positively impacting our communities. i think our political leaders could learn a lot from the lessons of teamwork and the importance of working together toward a common goal. i support their right to peacefully affect social change and raise awareness in a manner that they feel is most impactful. we're talking about dividing the country. is this a unifier? >> i think the president was trying to unify the country. because the national anthem is about un

is the greatest country ever.60 plus thousand people loss their lives in the wars in this country and that's why many of them fought under that flag, bill. they fought under the flag and that goes back to the nfl issueh where we started. you know, one of the things that i care at this point in my life more than anything else, i just want the former dishwasher, cook, busboy, waiter, bartender, tile layer, house painter, paper hanger and framer and roofer to have a chance.er i want everybody to have the shot that we had. >> sure. >> sean: that's what i want. >> if you work hard, get educated and really figure out your talent you'll make it in america. you'll make it here. and the people who are telling you you won't make it because you're black or hispanic are lying to you.ng and they are giving you an excuse to fail. that's racism. >> sean: owens was on my radio show today and said the exact same thing you just said. he said millionaires shouldn't tell people they can't make it. he's right. >> you have to have pers

if the country were to progress, the water demand has to go up. has to go up.oject 50 years down the road, the demand for water will be double. in japan, it doesn't even stop. the housing, right? very small housing, enough car, they can go on. what is the key to holding. i notice in the end, having a big reservoir, what you see outside is a storage tank. that is our storage. in the way, by moving water in the system, i overcome the land and stream that's required. understand? >> the small, yet affluent city-state of singapore is putting its finest minds to work on achieving a dream of a stable domestic water supply. innovations such as newater may make this dream a reality. ♪ >>> hello. a very warm welcome to you nhk "newsline." it's 9:00 a.m. on thursday in tokyo. i'm miki yamamoto. in an effort to rein in north korea in the wake of its latest nuclear test, the united states is seeking crippling u.n. sanctions. among them an all-in embargo and the freeze on the assets of leader kim jong-un. nhk obtained a draft of the resolution circulated on wed. it would als

the country steer away from the threat. resist conflict will succumb to the pressures of refugees or militancy what kind of become a regional example of sustained peace in the post-war future so that heidi lebanese prime minister it's really great to have you on our show welcome thank you so you've been on a world tour of sorts you went to washington you want to paris securing military and financial aid and now that trip brings you to moscow what exactly do you hope russia can do for levanon nourishes playing a political role big birds of order in the region and i believe. you know living on the suffering from refugees from the conflict that this happening in syria and iraq and i think we are my first aim is to try to eliminate lebanon from many consequences that are happening in syria and other places russia. also. we've had a very good political relationship with russia and i would like also this relationship economically to develop so far we haven't had you know economic. level of you know huntsman like our political you

the country's. taken off in washington as the rhetoric between the two countries seems to be cautiously easing and. has already met with the american president. formally presented his credentials to the american president. explains what. he's likely to face. well a much anticipated meeting between russia's recently appointed ambassador to the u.s. and u.s. president donald trump has taken place and to nobs predecessor was constantly targeted by the western media portrayed in a negative light over a number of allegations given the controversy surrounding the previous diplomat there are now many speculations around the new figure and as with all u.s. russia meetings this one also attracted media attention especially amid rising diplomatic tensions antonov in particular expressed russia's eagerness to normalize relations with washington and russia for your nation. in brief relations between the two countries to relations between the united states and russia. international peace and progress as well as s

who is now the country's most liked politician edging ahead in the latest poll of the country's chancellor in two weeks germany holds federal elections is a quick look at germany's new favorite. i was close to being arrested in iran china turkey and saudi arabia because i visited those countries i like to think i'd be able to refrain from triggering any foreign policy crises of my words. gabriele is not looking to become chancellor of the party to which he belongs the social democrats are the closest rival of the ruling christian democrats of course headed by muchel in an exclusive interview gabrielle told us his view on the upcoming federal elections on europe's ongoing migrant crisis. we need to recognize that as a nation we live exports not just to anywhere but to the rest of europe when we do well for european neighbors are doing well but i want people to vote these interests and in their own interests we want this country to prosper and that's possible only within the united europe those who are turning against europe will weaken our country in the long run. i think russia is just as

one of the lowest-lying states the country. as sea rises, we will be mpacted in ways other states may not be affected. so it is really important for us to be part of the solution, it has to be one of those solutions both locally and globally. we did join the climate alliance recently, we also reestablished our relationship with the greenhouse for gas initiative to promote the use of alternative energy sources and conservati conservation. ne thing that has happened in delaware, we converted almost all of electricity generation delaware red in through coal firepower plants to a huge gas and we've got benefit, not just in the state of delaware, but the whole the electric grid region, pjm that we're part of reductions nificant in greenhouse gases in that coal to natural gas there is a lot more of that, this is an issue we have to work on, today, tomorrow, and long into the future. it is not a one and done kind of thing. we have also by resolution created a study group to look at the offshore wind electricity generation. something th

this weather front sits through the spine of the country through the spine of the country through the spine of the country through the day. there is the odd spot to drizzle and a drab afternoon under the front. with sunshine at either side, under the front. with sunshine at eitherside, decent spells under the front. with sunshine at either side, decent spells will make it feel pleasantly warm. 14—20dc not out of the question. it looks like fog could be a question again as we move into tuesday morning. but a quiet story with sunny spells. wet and windy weather starts to arrive from late wednesday onwards. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, resists calls from within his own party to commit to keeping britain in the european single market and customs union indefinitely after brexit. the important priority is to ensure that we have a tariff—free trade access to the european market. half of all our trade is with europe. i would also say that we need to look very carefully at the terms of any trade relationship. shadow home secretary diane abbott says

the economic impact is billions of dollars across the country. and certainly in washington you saw it with the statement, incredibly strong statement from microsoft, from many of our companies based right there in washington, but also across the country. what's happened is these 800,000 young people have now gone into the work force and they are holding jobs. they're contributing to the community and to the economy. these companies have seen how valuable they are. this is different than it was, you know, a few years ago where we didn't have those young people in the work place yet. now the program has given them something and they are contributing right back to the community. host: how does the program work? what is the next deadline? and now with the president's decision what will happen? guest: well, it's a two-year approval when you get your d.a.c.a. status. basically it is ended as we know it. anybody who is trying to apply for the program can no longer apply for the program. if you wanted to take a trip outside of the united states and you ha

in the country by fighting terrorists on the reputation of the country's defacto leader aung sun suu kyi is suffering because of the alleged genocide towards the rohingya minority she previously on global respect for promoting democracy in the country and even won the nobel peace prize for her nonviolent advocacy for human rights it was the situation concerning me and muslim minority escalating activists are now calling for suchi to be stripped of nobel prize here's a look at how the prestigious award can sometimes be motivated politically. the nobel peace prize is supposed to honor those who have done the most for fraternity between nations the abolition of standing armies and the promotion of peace that's how alpha noble envisioned it more than a century ago but the record of some prize winners and nominees has sometimes been juby as in two thousand and nine the newly elected us president barack obama won the award despite his campaign promises the american military were actually at war for every year of his eight year term airstrikes a raid were held in seven countries and in twen

we have the most doctors in the countries, the most nurses in the country, the most mental health professionals in the country, mobile units that can be deployed around the country and we trained with this. our first mission was to make sure veterans and health care benefits continued. our medical center in houston stayed open. we had staff from friday evening through now making sure our 400 theatients were able to get care they needed in our emergency room's. we also deployed mobile units throughout houston. i was down there with the vice president but i also returned two days later with mrs. trump. having my personal commitment to be able to make sure the veterans in the area hit in them, knew we of were there for them and we would be there no matter what their needs are was very important to me. >> you are only one person. had you manage and get all of this done and ensure it is done properly and efficiently? >> i do believe people look at their leaders and make sure they are walking the talk. so, it was important for me to be there and that's why i went there twice and i will make sure me a

[applause] i've had the pleasure of meeting with people in recovery around the country it has been a great honor people don't know my name but they know the title drug czar and they are happy to share their story. they sit down across the country and i have heard about their journey and to topics come up all the time in conversation. one is related to recovery house and finding a safe place to live the other is stable employment and a good job. it is reassuring to know that fox ridge house has accountability for those who want to stop using and maintain recovery is the hope of this administration everybody wants to stop drug and alcohol use that they are welcome regardless of a recovery path if it includes medication. there is no one path to recovery and everybody is different it doesn't matter how was long as they get there. [applause] we support people having every tool available to them including options like medicated assisted treatment is a priority to ensure medicated assisted treatment is available to those who want to use it. i know that some are leary of m.a.t. i think what t

the world. what better advert for a country on the rise?stment in the long term in infrastructure is quite important. the population is growing by about 5%. we need to create close to 1 million jobs every year. this is a big challenge. manufacturing has a significant impact in job creation. this provides an opportunity for what we call the demographic dividend. but without having a policy that is very ambitious and aggressive, it will be difficult and a source of crisis. aggressive policies in ethiopia mean a heavy hand. protests were crushed. a state of emergency has just ended. there were questions about lack of freedoms and authoritarianism. building democracies that are sustaining means a lot of effort. it needs many generations. we recognise that. we are going to put in a lot of effort despite the issues we have. ethiopia has also built a lot of universities, focusing now on engineering and technology rather than arts. but what about the dilemma? what is more important, economic growth, orfreedom of speech and democracy? it's not like

it shows the top country of origin for the daca eligible population is by far mexico. other countries include what mama, korea, el salvador -- guatemala, korea, el salvador. what do you think should happen to daca recipients? caller: i think president trump should have a big part and challenge -- heart and challenge these attorney general's who are suing. many of these folks are refugees. they were fleeing gang vio lence.these parents came wanting a better life for their children. in the yuan, we have an international treaty that recognizes the right -- the u .n., we have an international treaty that recognizes the right or migration. we need to remember we are a nation of immigrants. what about the argument that allowing this program to stay in place only encourages people to try to bring young kids into the u.s., thinking this gives them a better foothold into the country. put a sunset on stoppingplained we are taking anybody else. many people are afraid to enroll now because now i.c.e. will know where you are at. i spent many years as a pastor working with youth. if

commission lays out his vision for the bloc urging countries to take advantage of it and the economic upswing plus. the tension over the gulf crisis at a meeting of the arab league in cairo and remade the nigerians whose lives have been blighted by boko haram violence but i determined to move forward. and i'm thomas with all the sporting killing it with stages of the champions league on the way for another season is. to avenge the only event this. may and must lead to aung san suu kyi won't attend this year's un general assembly meeting she's been widely criticized since the violence against muslim or hinge in rakhine state escalated late last month since then more than three hundred thirty thousand people have crossed into bangladesh to escape the conflict after visiting makeshift camps on tuesday bangladesh's prime minister shaker sina promised that she'll speak about the crisis at the u.n. meeting in new york later this month the u.n. security council will hold a meeting in just a few hours to discuss the crisis florence louie has more for us from the angle. a foreign ministry spok

campaign this week and if you search the hash tag you can see lots of teams and clubs right across the country getting involved as well including this soccer club in california well as we mentioned earlier a friday with national concussion awareness day in the u.s. and it was being led by a group called think taylor that was also in gauging with teens teams and clubs by urging them to take a pledge to be educated and on iste on the issue using the hash tag t.t. pledge. we want to bring it to the last like. i said i took the play by. play hard place smart and play again. will you be rethinking allowing your kids to play contact sports using the hash tag a.j. new contact me directly on twitter i am tatiana but for now it's back to philly. thank you very much for that now before we go the producer not producers simon couldn't resist getting these pictures into the show. who had one heck of a trip in australia the marsupial crawled into the car just outside the southern city of adelaide she. then clung on to the axle for dear life as a driver travelled about sixteen kilometers once a stopped the d

staff, friends, all over the country. i we said the very beginning that was one of the greatest things that happened. all the friendships that i have across the country. and the truth, paul wrote in the conclusion of the program and he probably thinks i don't always read everything, but i do pick it up and in the program and in the conclusion he said, and it usually struck me so want to be just a little bit of it. oxford house to is unique. time-tested and evidence-based. we are all fortune to be a part of it. keep in mind that each of us plays an important role in the success of oxford house. there really are no big bosses. because each of us pays an equal share of expenses and as an equal vote in the house decisions, we learn self-confidence firsthand. that makes us feel good about ourselves and sued or later we tie that feeling good about ourselves, the fact that we are staying clean and sober and kachina bidding to successful run of our oxford house. he goes on to talk a little bit more, but that just really struck me,

there is no further we freshening the country we know there are some. around the world who believe there is nothing else to do but to pressure pressure and threaten their strong we we believe what we experienced before showed no result is achievable shrewd pressures and other pressures and it is there and is developed by russia and china and there is available and we will pursue this course we will try to convince everyone. now the german chancellor angela merkel's main rival martin schultz has failed to win over voters in. live debate that's according to a poll by the t.v. channel that aired their campaign battle the election is set for september the twenty fourth to bring in any new parliament and will also decide whether merkel the remains in office for a fourth consecutive term piece are the has the story. or this debate was set up as a a big stage for martin schulz the social democratic party leader and challenger to angular merkel to be the next chancellor of germany where the debate though was ultimately scored as a fifty five to thirty five victo

largely dry weather across the country on monday. nd. further inland, one or two isolated rogue showers popping up. most of us avoiding them. many of us, the weather will be dry or right. temperatures 17 or 18 degrees in the south, but cool for newcastle and aberdeen. tuesday and wednesday, a bit of rain in the middle of the week but the temperatures are on the rise. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in britain investigating the bomb attack on a london tube train say they are hunting for more potential suspects. an 18—year—old man was arrested in the port of dover on suspicion of a terror offence. police also raided a property west of london following that arrest. the house belongs to an elderly couple who are known for fostering children over several decades. bangladesh has imposed wide—ranging restrictions on the movement of more than 400,000 rohingya muslim refugees who have fled myanmar in the past three weeks. the scale of the crisis has overwhelmed parts of bangladesh. security forces in the democratic republic of congo ar

other parts of the country. but congress has not been able to deal effectively with immigration legislation. six months is a fairly short period of time, given all of the issues that are on congress's agenda. so we'll have to see. i think here the question really will become can the congress swallow hard and can the leadership decide to make this be bipartisan. because if the congress, par l particularly the house is willing to bring up a bill that is voted on both by democrats and republicans rather than the rabb tradition for more than a decade, the bills come up if they will be voted on only by the republican party, if the speaker who has said that he wants to see legislation and that he believes that congress needs to fix this, if the speaker is willing to bring up a bill and let both democrats and republicans come together to create a majority vote, then it could happen. but if not, the part of the republican caucus in the house that has always been against any kind of immigration legislation may very well b

accuse north korea of carrying out another nuclear test for a larger earthquake was detected in the country. u.s. security services diplomatic outposts in san francisco and washington after they were shot down on the state department. is a clear violation of international law. we're seeing an example you need to match the relations. we haven't. asked. behind a booby trapped. driven out of the city of tal afar by the iraqi army here on the program we have an exclusive report from the. main stories of the week the top headlines all today welcome to the program it's all t. international. it is thought north korea has carried out a nuclear test that's off the earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in the country it took place in a north eastern province bordering both china and russia and was felt in both of these countries of south korea japan and the u.s. say the quakes the result of a six. new nuclear test and expected to make a statement within the next one hour and hours before the incident north korea's central news agency issued a report claiming the country ha

until america wins a fourth term as germany's chancellor but support for the country's main parties has shrunk we've emerged as the strongest part of the c.d.u. with the c.s.u. it's now up to us to form a government and no government can be formed against us it's a positive spin despite heavy losses from merkel's conservatives but their losses or another party's gain. yet and we will hunt mrs marigold or whoever and we will take our country and our people back again tough talk from the up starts of german politics the far right alternative for germany they're set to enter parliament as the third strongest party and back challenges don't just come from the right now she needs to lead tricky talks on forging a governing coalition and the i know it was exceptional you'll accept the invitation to talk about it but he will stick to our opinion we want to change the countries as we are not in politics in order to have power. can the chancellor bring together two very different parties into one coalition we'll examine that and all the election results coming right up. well i'm terry martin wel

i don't want to exaggerate the facts but the facts are there are people in this country that are making a mistake and losing their lives, it is a very risky business. donald trump as paul mentioned establish the commission on combating drug addition and opioid crisis, looking at this with fresh eyes and doing what we can to address it. there an interim report released last month the final report in october. we work closely with them, serving as executive director of the commission trying to make sure they have the best information and don't we know what to do, should we do it, we are not stopping, we are doing things all the time but at the start of a new administration there is a bit of a cycle based on change of administration, it is really great to take a fresh look at the crisis, the drug problem and what other major things we can do to address the problem so looking forward to the final report of the commission coming out in late october november, flowing the best ideas into the national drug control strategy and try the most effective drug policies we can to help citizens across t

expected to deliver its corruption verdict against former prime minister yingluck shinawatra who fled the country last month. changing gears saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first time from next year. to slow to inefficient the french president emanuel micro outlines his vision for transforming the european union. iraq has over the kurdistan regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on international flights it's part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership of rich secession referendum on monday initial results most people voted yes in the non-binding poll reports from ever built. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. iraq to me is that at that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to or through all viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s. and the e.u. each sent the timing of the vo

the other countries are not really threats to india so we don't in the ocean treaty be concerned not pakistan not trim pakistan as you know i mean for example a very small country the initial launch. can ever be certain that our nuclear weapons can be destroyed in exchange while we can be certain we can make an extinct as a social organization. the walls of china continue to obscure india's allegedly new nuclear program from view. but many on all sides agree that a nuclear arms race on the subcontinent is underway. the potential fallout in the swallow tiled region is thinkable and while the indian state seeks to secure its dead and capabilities against its neighbors a lot more thought must be given on how to prevent the strays from spiraling out of control. in this life the most incredible stories are often true. and cheering go on experiences. makes the unfamiliar familiar. in this life diversity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater than our soul in this life what i want to use is freedom of expression. the right to mortgage. sean an

cultures of the country. i was. skeptical kind of the littlest things when i first did a class was just they are fugitives i saw that they had no discipline i realize that conform might help instill that quality and sound and help them integrate into german society better one teenager who came here to train had has some issues for the police because of fighting as in to come full essence trying to show from and try and john war spiraled because here nobody is allowed to use martial arts also the clock what else you would be excluded from the train help him pull himself together and develop a surprise so. i was like this is good food is good both for your body and mind and it helps me with i. was you get in touch and share your thoughts on the day stories with us by following us on facebook and twitter and i'll be back at the top of the hour with the headline. anyone else chose seemed wrong why don't we just don't. get to shape out just to cut the ticket and in again try it equals betrayal. when so many find th

to the top of the latest approval ratings in the country. despite the fact is expressed his reluctance to become the chancellor of germany goes to the polls in two weeks of the country's current favorite. i was close to being arrested in the wrong china turkey and saudi arabia because i visited those countries i like to think i'd be able to refrain from triggering any foreign policy crises of my words. after becoming the country's foreign minister gabriele stepped down as leader of the social democratic politics although he still remains one of its members the polish is the closest rival to the ruling christian democrats headed by chancellor merkel in an exclusive interview gabriele told us his view on the upcoming elections and on sanctions targeting russia. voice of i was very happy when two days ago the russian president vladimir putin publicly announced plans to request a u.n. mission of course the conditions proposed by russia are not the same as the ones we all ukrainians proposed but i consider it a good first step and what we need to

where the elites, the people who are supposed to be running the countryo whom the rest of us mere plebes look on in all and ask, how should we live, we take our cues from you. has there ever been a country where those people attack the basic symbols of the country, it seems so perverse and decadent to me. >> what's interesting to me about this, there are people -- i spent a lot of my time in the province of quebec where the lieutenant governor enters for the first half of god save the queen and the last half of all canada. neither of which they care a hoot for but they still all rise reluctantly to their feet and at least kind of look semibored as they are standing up for it. if the prime minister of australia ran a campaign to get rid of the the australian flag but he still stands up for the flag. what is going on here is absolutely extraordinary where people are actually taking the most basic act a citizen can do, rise to his feet when he hears the national anthem and have constructed an entirely different ritual around it. and to listen to people sayin

across much of the rest of the country, quieter. thunder. inland, most places dry, with clear spells. one or two patches of mist first thing too across england and wales. perhaps the chance of an isolated shower for north—east england. but for much of northern ireland and scotland, a dry and bright start. but certainly a chilly morning, although things will warm up relatively quickly once the sun gets going. still a cool breeze across parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, which could drive in a few isolated showers. most places staying dry for a good part of the day. but during sunday afternoon, a rash of showers developing. they will be hit and miss, so for many parts of the country, you will avoid the showers altogether, particularly the further north and west you are. but you could see one or two showers towards the east. if you do catch one, it should pass through relatively quickly. during sunday evening then, any of those isolated showers will largely fade away, leaving us with a mainly dry night. but you will notic

we know we share this pain with all the people of our country. this is truly a national loss. 19 years ago almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. but we have never lost an astronaut in flight. we have never had a tragedy like this. and perhaps we have forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle. but they, the challenger 7, were aware of the dangers and overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. we mourn 7 heroes. michael smith, vix cobey, judith mcnair, allison on a sugar, gregory jarvis and christa mcauliffe. we mourn their loss as a nation together. >> christa enjoyed teaching very much like i think most of us who are selected in the teacher in space program. we were all enthusiastic about educating our students and developing in them a real thirst for knowledge. christa was originally from framingham, massachusetts, and she was a social studies teacher who had conquered high school for several years before the teacher in space program got announced. and the opportunity to fly in space

and the countries of the region. position stands in stark contrast to the positive and constructive role played by russia and iran. not with the standing its commitment to the memorandum on the deescalation zones. reserves the right to respond to any violation of the other party. syria also stresses that the is zero nd are a temporary arrangement that must not violate the territorial unity of syria. the syrian government reaffirms its commitment to the geneva process and that the further progress on that track this process has yet to bear fruit in the absence of a genuine national opposition that going to be a partner in syria's future. and as countries with influence over the other party continue to block the meaningful progress progress. it's a truly unfortunate that these countries that block a solution in syria are members of this international organization including permanent members of the security council. of. the syrian government has always insisted that any solution in syria must respect serious and non-neg

rule oft an end to the the family who have led the country for some 50 years. ur correspondents in togo sent us this report. >> the streets of the togolese capital were stormed by hundreds of thousands of supporters of the opposition. it was the largest protest in the capital in a decade. [translating] in the 90's, it was the father. today, we have the sun. the population can hardly handle the succession. we are calling today the most it's on mission departure -- the most astonishing departure. reporter: the power struggle between supporters and opponents of the president's is on the future of the head of state. has been inin power for 12 years be allowed to run for president again in 2020? the draft bill adopted yesterday does not mention whether the two-term limit will be retroactive. >> parliament's review of the draft bill on constitutional reforms is coming too late. a genuine showdown has been on for a week in n the country between opponents and supporters of the president. [translating] the president is a citizen like any other. he has a right to be a can

north korea says it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb after an earthquake was detected in the country's north exist. the russian foreign ministry slams us to choose a russian diplomatic site says an illegal diabolical because the premise is in san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's orders and in our review of the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trap goes town after it's driven out of town or far by the iraqi army we have an exclusive report from the ground. zero welcome the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching weekly here on r.t. international now north korean state television has announced that the country has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb the announcement came after an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in north korea it took place in the country's northeastern province and was felt in neighboring china and also russia from the trumpets reacted to north korea's latest nuclear test saying that the country continues to be hostile and dangerous to t

the most is the populated country in the world.the land goes into the water, your land becomes really cannot grow food for yourself and you have to leave your territory. so it is becoming a situation where we will h have hundreredsf ththousands of climate refugees moving aroround to finind sheltr for ourselves. on top of it, yet the new refugees coming from burma to find shelter with us. becausee happening now bangladesh is doing something wrong for the climate situation or worsening the situation, it is because this happening somewhere else. floodsods you mentioned, -- we used to know floods. it is more frequent and more intensive. amy: how did it feel to come to the united states where the president, president donald denied climate change, called it a chinese hoax, pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate accord? >> it is unbelievable. we can't believe the president of the united states can say such a thing. it took us more than 40 years of global mobilization, make people change andimate explain what it is, and soon reaching the

the. voters elected a businessman to run this country business. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. i. washington calls for the strongest possible measures against north korea over its latest nuclear test as russia and china seek a deescalation also in the headlines. celebrations in syria as government forces make a final push to liberate the city. from islamic state. and tens of thousands of people fleeing. a brutal military crackdown on the muslim minority.

effect in a week four thousand separate strikes and almost two hundred rallies major cities across the country from north to kneel and must say projectiles and flares have been thrown by the crowds. he's been following one of the crowds in paris. quite. all the way. yeah. yeah they are and if you can describe protests the way that hollywood movies are rated well it started off as a bit of a disney film of a protest it was all very and then it turned into a bit of an eighty project things got pretty hairy and violent some police to the teeth of responding in case things get out of hand and now it's kind of turned back into a. scene for the moment the thousands of people that have come out to protest against . proposed reforms the labor laws here they piled on to this in paris they are making their feelings known they are against. proposed changes to liberalize and shake up the jobs market head to make it easier to hire and fire personnel he thinks it's going to. unemployment rate bring it down here in france and he had to say about the people who oppose his proposed changes to the law take a li

described as a political earthquake one that shook the whole of europe the german election changed the country's political landscape it was a bitter victory chancellor merkel and her party lost about a fifth of their core supporters while the christian democrats remain the strongest group in the bundestag they will have to search for new partners to govern their former coalition partners the social democrats announced they were going into opposition. the election was long ridiculed as boring until in its final weeks when the make up of the german parliament was anyone's guess the vote turned out to be a disaster for the country's second largest party the social democrats who had their worst poll showing and post-war germany yet it was a triumph for the right wing populist party the a.f.d. our reporter visited essen a city in western germany and showed us how the longtime social democratic stronghold was swiftly ousted by the f.d.a. . the city of essen is this politician's home town but since the german election karl-heinz andalusia a social democrat says he doesn't recognize that in the past his